Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the fell 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the were Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:), which rose 7.12% or 0.105 points to trade at 1.580 at the close. Meanwhile, Adelaide Brighton Ltd (ASX:) added 5.31% or 0.120 points to end at 2.380 and JB Hi-Fi Ltd (ASX:) was up 4.80% or 2.27 points to 49.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GWA Group Ltd (ASX:), which fell 10.51% or 0.29 points to trade at 2.47 at the close. Bendigo And Adelaide Bank Ltd (ASX:) declined 6.57% or 0.46 points to end at 6.54 and Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (ASX:) was down 5.41% or 0.16 points to 2.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 678 to 578 and 350 ended unchanged.
Shares in JB Hi-Fi Ltd (ASX:) rose to all time highs; rising 4.80% or 2.27 to 49.60.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.40% to 18.609.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.52% or 10.20 to $1960.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.69% or 0.29 to hit $42.30 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.25 to trade at $45.05 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.21% to 0.7186, while AUD/JPY rose 0.11% to 76.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 92.907.
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